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I make no bones about the fact that these days I prefer the Stargate franchise over Star Trek. I was late coming to Stargate, but if anything that gave me a concentrated experience – over the course of a little more than six months, Darren and I watched first eight …

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Introduction When I first joined BHP IT Newcastle in 1996, I recall one of the senior managers there mentioning a recent TV interview he’d done for the local station. As I recall it, the interview was about some new investments being made by BHP IT in Newcastle, and the journalist …

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To say I’m a big Science Fiction fan is a bit of an understatement. I’ve watched a huge amount of it in the course of my life, and I’ll undoubtedly continue to do so over the rest of my life. The simple fact, I think, is that for the most part, …

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Being away on work with little to do of an evening, I’ve been re-watching Babylon 5 lately, and today stumbled across a fantastic quote. While at times, Babylon 5 might have been a bit kitsch, the fundamental story, and the lessons in that story, remain strong and powerful. Not much …

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Stargate Universe, that is. For many Stargate fans, Universe was an interesting conundrum. It was like it was trying to be part Stargate, part BSG, and not quite sure how big each part was. (I likewise saw similarities with Star Trek Voyager, albeit without the power buns and magically self-repairing …

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Introduction Warning, if you don’t watch Stargate, you probably want to stop reading here. In fact, this is for die-hard Stargate fans only. For anyone else, it’s likely to be boring as hell. Further, if you haven’t seen all of Stargate, you really don’t want to read this: it contains …

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I love science fiction. Absolutely love it. Despite what fools at the Oscars et al would want you to believe, science fiction is indeed a worthwhile genre with valuable stories to be told. There’s stories about survival. There’s stories of the future. There’s stories of hope. There’s stories of monstrous …

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